Always

Cynthia Lund Torroll

Always

pencil on paper (Arches) drawing – image size: 30” wide x 22” high (ORIGINAL SOLD)

The title is a play on the word and the physicality of the drawing itself. If you turn this drawing on each side, and upside down, you will see the same face looking at you. (All ways) It also is a memorial – to commemorate some friends and family in my life who passed on but who I’ll remember and want noted for “always”. There are names in the trees and bark, and there is even a tiny little poem in the grass. Good luck finding it. I can only when looking at the original.

It says: “The purpose of love and art are the same – to stop the clock.”

(You can see the original framed drawing on the wall behind me at one of my solo shows a few years ago.)

AND, now available as a mug at Zazzle:
Always mug

Always belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, Accentuate The Eyes, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL, Art Inspired by Dreams, Behind the Mask, Dimensions, Eat Sleep Draw, Fine Arts, Graphite Pencil Artists, Images & Ideas, Imaginative Realism, International Superheroes of Drawing, Illustration and World Domination, Outsiders, Pathway to the Soul (2 in 24hrs), Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), Shameless Self-Promotion, Solo Exhibition, Surrealism *MAX 4 PER DAY*, Symbolism in Art, The Art of Intrigue 2/24, THE DIVINE FEMININE, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, The Voyage Of The Surrealists, Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom! and Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Always by Cynthia Lund Torroll
Always by Cynthia Lund Torroll
  • Spraven

    Spraven

    This is amazing, my girlfriend is getting freaked out as I wierdly look at the computer…
    Great job if all that is in this ; )

  • Cynthia Lund Torroll

    Cynthia Lund T...

    I can’t keep up with you! YOU are amazing! I just loaded that. (I can’t find high rez images of most of my stuff here so I’m scrambling.) THANK YOU!

  • Karly Lussier

    Karly Lussier

    very intersting and unexpected peice of work, at first i thought it was a photo manipulation, then i clicked opn it as saw a puzzle. this looks really cool!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Thank you so much for your comment Karly. I really appreciate the incredible welcome you’ve all given me and the support.

  • Spraven

    Spraven

    I never knew you were replying to me! Sorry. I have you on my watchlist so the second you put something up, I know, yes, I am cheating ; )

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    great

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Thank you!

  • Barbara Glatzeder

    Barbara Glatzeder

    eerie :-)

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    I smiled at the addition of your smile! Thanks so much Barbara.

  • Shannon Holm

    Shannon Holm

    this is amazing. i can’t stop staring at it. if i wasn’t completely broke i would totally buy one so i can stare at it more.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    You have made me blush. Thank you Shannon!

  • Sorina Williams

    Sorina Williams

    all your work is fabulous!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    I am humbled and overwhelmed by all my new art friends here at RedBubble. Thank you for your note Sorina.

  • Shannon Paskaruk

    Shannon Paskaruk

    awesome work!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Oh Shannon – thank you so much! I just checked out your great work – I am drawn to simple lines and clean colors – my alter ego. Thanks again.

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    You are amazing- I’m a fan xx

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Sending you a big thank YOU!

  • ninamarie

    ninamarie

    Your work is beautiful!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    You are so kind. Thank you for your note. I really appreciate the support.

  • William Vanden Berg

    William Vande...

    Kind of reminds me of Bev Doolittle. Awesome!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Hello William,

    I’m helplessly behind in my replies – please pardon.
    I must check out Bev Doolittle. I’ve never heard.
    When I was a child I was fascinated by a film I saw (I can’t even recall the title now), of this magical woods where suddenly you could see faces in the trees and they were all alive and moving.

    I wanted to sort of capture some of that in this.

    Thank you!
    C.

  • Natsky

    Natsky

    Loving your imagination and the skill you use to transform it to paper, but you must stop teasing us by telling us there is a poem in the grass. Please put us out of our misery and reveal the hidden words!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Hi Natsky!

    Please pardon my very late reply. I had been doing them wrong and missed a number of them. So today I write with heartfelt contrition.

    THANK YOU first and foremost.
    And I did find the poem – there might be two in there – I wish I had the original around and I could be sure – but anyway, in the lower left area in the grass one is there for sure:

    “The purpose of love and art are the same – to stop the clock.”

    My best to you…
    C.

  • JennyLee

    JennyLee

    This is way too clever! I am well and truly amazed. You are fantastically creative. Well done, this is brilliant!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    YOU are way too kind!
    Thank you Jenny. You move me with your words.

    I’m sorry this is SO late. I am lame with replies – either sending them to myself or missing items.

    Please know this is heartfelt.
    Thank you VERY much.

    Best to you…
    C.

    (LOVE your avatar)

  • Cynthia Lund Torroll

    Cynthia Lund T...

    Thank you so very much Jenny! I’m blushing!

  • linskudd

    linskudd

    Incredible work.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    SO kind of you.
    Thanks very much.

    I send you my best,
    C.

  • sunrender

    sunrender

    wonderful!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    THANK YOU – YOU are wonderful.

  • Vasile Stan

    Vasile Stan

    I love it Cynthia. It has a definite touch of Escher.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Oh, thanks so much.
    I was a HUGE fan of Escher in high school – still is an artist I admire greatly.
    Thank you for visiting…

  • JDNarts

    JDNarts

    Wonderful work! I would love to see the original. How large is(was) it?

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    THANKS so much! It was a challenge to do amidst a challenging year.

    The image size of the original is 30” wide x 22” high.
    It lives in New York City now. It sold a few years ago.

  • banrai

    banrai

    extraordinary..

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    THANK YOU..

  • Colleen Farrell

    Colleen Farrell

    Wow, this sensational! I didn’t see the face at first and was blown away by the design of the trees. But with the additional story-and seeing the face-it’s even more amazing! Awesome art.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Colleen, you’ve left me blushing and smiling so hard that I’m not sure my face can fit it.

    THANK YOU so so much.
    My very best to you…
    C.

  • Susan Kimball

    Susan Kimball

    wonderful too!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Thank you VERY much Susan! It’s always great to see you pop in here. I really appreciate it.

  • CiannaRose

    CiannaRose

    Your work is so beautiful Cynthia, and this piece is a wonderful expression of design, texture, magic, and mood… love it! :)

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    CiannaRose…
    thank you so very much.
    You’ve moved me with your comment.
    My best your way..

  • Leny L.

    Leny L.

    Exquisite, again…

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Oh, how wonderfully kind of you Leny!

  • juha

    juha

    sublime effet d optique on croit de la 3d bravo

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Dites merci tant de juha! Il a été tiré pendant une année très difficile de ma vie – mais celui qui se sent tellement mieux “capturé” maintenant.

  • hsien-ku

    hsien-ku

    very beautiful! I’ve been turning my computer upside down and sideways to see the face! what a clever idea – and a lovely tribute too. x

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Hopefully, you have a lightweight laptop.
    ; )
    Thank you dear Judith.
    It was a very difficult year when it was executed, and one I find much more enjoyable now in its captured state.

    Blessings to you…

  • Sandra Fisher

    Sandra Fisher

    Brilliant work…i am enjoying your art so much!!!

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Hello Sandra! What a wonderful surprise to discover you today and the message you left. Thank you VERY much. I send my best to you…
    C.

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    It is deeply subliminal and very beautiful Cynthia.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied

    Sharon, you are an art angel. Thank you so much…xo, C.

  • Sfumato

    Sfumato

    I’ve been combing through (for hours) my collection of art catalogs and history books trying to find parallel to this amazing body of work. It’s difficult to find anything that comes close… I’m drawn more frequently to surrealist photography… those artists who, like you, seem to have imagined for themselves an entirely new way of existing in an entirely strange and wonderful world.

  • Cynthia Lund T... replied 29 days ago

    Oh my. I really have made you delinquent.
    I am flattered beyond belief. Now I want to look up some surrealist photographers. I live under a rock. That must be the key. hahaha! (THANK YOU)

  • eoconnor

    eoconnor 25 days ago

    cynthia this is wonderful,so complex and full of great meaning for all who stop and savor this work. LIZ

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